[2] Since freshmen were not allowed to play on the varsity team, his first season was in 1964 as a wide receiver, where he caught 28 passes for 428 yards and 2 touchdowns.

[5] After being discharged from the Navy, Trumpy worked briefly as a bill collector before being selected by the AFL's Bengals in the 12th round (301st overall) of the 1968 Common Draft.

[6] Despite his low draft selection, Trumpy worked hard in the offseason and managed to earn the starting tight end spot in the team's lineup.

He didn't disappoint in his rookie season, recording 37 receptions for 639 yards and three touchdowns,[1] and earning a place on the AFL Western Division All-Star team.

[7][1] Trumpy was selected first team AFL All-League tight end by numerous entities, including the Associated Press (AP), Pro Football Weekly, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and United Press International (UPI), and second team by The Sporting News and the Professional Football Writers of America.

[8] In 1970, with the Bengals now part of the National Football League following the AFL-NFL merger, The Sporting News and AP selected him first team AFC All-Conference.

In a November 20 game against the Miami Dolphins during a driving rainstorm, Trumpy caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ken Anderson on a flea flicker play that involved three players handling the ball before it was thrown to him.

[7] Trumpy expanded into NFL broadcasting in 1978, when he joined NBC as a color analyst for telecasts of AFC games, working primarily with Sam Nover through 1980, then with Bob Costas[11] (1981-1983) and Don Criqui (1984–1988).

[12] Trumpy and Criqui also served as NBC Radio's lead NFL announcers from 1985 to 1986, calling Monday Night Football and Super Bowls XX and XXI.

On the night of November 10, 1983, while he was hosting his talk show on WLW, the first call that he received was from a despondent woman who said that she wanted to commit suicide.

[15] Trumpy was an analyst for Sunday Night Football on Westwood One radio from 2000 to 2007[2] (save for the 2005 season, when he was replaced by John Riggins), and also called playoff games for the network.

Trumpy was named the 2014 recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, given by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement in NFL broadcasting.

[7] Trumpy is married to his wife Pat, and together they have two sons (Matthew and Jason) and six grandchildren (Josh, Jackson, Conner, Kelli, Lauren, Morgan).